Known as the 'Prince of Pops' Erich Kunzel launched Cincinnati's pop orchestra into the mainstream. Over nearly two decades of work Kunzel sold more than 10 million recordings and provided the soundtracks to the Memorial Day and Fourth of July concerts held on the Capital lawn in Washington D.C.
At the age of 74, Kunzel passed away this past week and left behind a career where he recorded dozens of albums with the Cincinnati Pops, received the National Medal of Arts and earned a slew of other honors.
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